Radiator-box base



Sept c. c. SHIPP RADIATOR Box BASE Filed May 8, 1939 TOR,

i Patented se a s, 1930" r UNITED TATES CLARENCE c. SHIPIP, or mnmmroms,INDIAN nenm'rotais ox Bess Application'filed ma 8, 1929. Serial ma a.

This invention is an improvement on box bases for steam radiators suchas are shown in my Patent No. 1,711,814 issued May 7,

1929, and the object here is to extend the parts of the two-part boxends above the circular pipe opening so as to obviate therequirement ofa separate plate to complete the closure.

A further object is to unite the meetingedges of the ends above the baseopenings by slip joints which will keep the edges from buckling open inuse while allowing the backof the box to be assembled first 011theradiator and the front then placed in position. 1

Another object is to unite the vertical end 15. edges of the radiatorbox by slip-joints to keep them always closed practically air-tight, andalso to unite their lower edges to the box base by. slip joints intochannel bars at the ends as wen as at the front and back sides of thebox. j

I accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear,by the means illustrated in the which radiatorequippedwith my invention;and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box base without the radiatonbrokenaway in' part, and with fragments of the walls of the box so assembledin operative position with the base.

. Like charactersof reference indicate like a parts in the several viewsof the drawing.

j The radiatorcoilsl are of usual construe tion with communicatingopenings surrounded by bosses 2 from which bosses the box base 3 issuspended by invertedUshape hangers 4, 4, the stems of which passthrough eyes 5 projecting from the base.

downwardly and rearwardlyto open.

the front member to the end, thus forming a slipjoint. 1 a

accompanying drawing, in-

Fig. lisa view in front elevation of a steam 6 is theradiatorcontainingbox, and as the box and base are'assembled on theradiator The'ends 9,9, of the base have openings 10 a for the passagetherethrough of the bosses 2 of the radiators,one-half ofthe openingsbeing formed in the front and back parts respectively of said ends. Theseparationof the base into two parts, front and rear, is by dividing theends 9 on lines12, which begin at the front corners of the bottom dooropening and extend upwardly; diagonally to the middleofthe openings 10,andlines 13 which extend vertically from the middle of openings 10.Achannelmember17 is spot welded to the rear portionalong line 13 andthis channel receives a tongue 18 {extended from An angle bar 19,isjriveted to: the inside of the bottom and endofthe backbase meet her,with an extension against the end of the f front base member,preferablyremovably secured to-the latter by screwsfor greater.conveniencein installation; 1

The walls of the radiator box 6 are formed out of sheetmetal, preferablycorrugated vertically, in twomembers with thelineof sepaends. They areunited by aslip joint 14. 7

Channel bars 15 and 16, S-shap'ed in cross section and formed out ofafstrip of sheet metal, preferably corrugated, have one edge hookedrespectively over the front and back walls of the base box andsimilarly. barsQO and 21 are hooked over both of the end walls.

Into all of which bars the corresponding low- T l 185 75 ration forthe'joint vertical midway of the interference with the channel bars 16. By

placing the bars 20 and 21 across the ends of the box 6, the two piecesof each end are held in a straight line thereby and prevented fromspringing laterally one from the other. It is also to be noted that thetop edges of the back, front, and two end walls of the box 3 are all atthe same level. V

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim is:

1. A radiator box base having front and (ill having openings for thepassage of radiator bosses, and said box base being in twolongitudinally divided parts the joint for which passes verticallythrough the centers of the boss openings forming separated edges, andmeans comprising a channel bar having an inverted U-shaped under sidefrictionally engaging over both the inner and outer sides of the topedges of the two parts of the respective ends for maintaining the twoparts in the same respective planes.

2. A radiator box base having front and rear walls connected by twoends, said ends having openings for the passage of radiator bosses, andsaid box base being in two longitudinally divided parts the joint forwhich passes vertically through the centers of the boss openings formingseparated edges, and means comprising slip-joints for uniting saidedges, channel bars for the front. rear, and each end wall, having aturned edge hooked over a respective edge thereof and forming a lock forthe divided ends, and a two part longitudinally and vertically dividedradiator box seated in all four of said channel bars the verticalconnecting edges of said box being united by slip-joints.

3. A radiator box base having front and rear walls connected by twoends, said ends having openings for the passage of radiator bosses andsaid box base being in two longitudinally divided parts the joints forwhich pass vertically through the centers of the boss openings formingseparated edges, and means comprising slip-joints for uniting saidedges, each of said base box parts having end eyes and a U-shaped hangersuspended from a radiator boss and having legs secured in said eyes.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLARENCE C. SHIPP.

